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Pastor bags 7 years in prison for fraud
CASE NUMBER 10934:
Pastor bags 7 years in prison for fraud
Alleged Perpetrators(s)
Odenigbo Theophilus
Location (Town / State)
Ibadan, Osun
Date of Event
19 Dec 2020
Date of republication
19 December
every year
Case category (Choose all that apply)
fraud
Case Summary
An Oyo State High Court in Ibadan, has sentenced a pastor, Odenigbo Theophilus, to seven years in prison for defrauding a retiree, Ojo Gbadebo, of the sum of N1 million under false pretense.
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Justice Muniru Owolabi found the pastor guilty in a two-hour judgment delivered on Friday in Ibadan. Justice Owolabi said the prosecutor proved the charge of advance fee fraud (419) against the convict beyond a reasonable doubt.
The judge said the pastor defrauded the retiree under the guise of helping him to invest his N1 million in the engine oil business that would yield an interest of N80,000 monthly. Owolabi said that the convict admitted using the money to offset a loan instead of investing it in the oil business as agreed.
The judge said that the convict failed to pay the retiree neither the interest nor the capital. He said that the convict betrayed the trust reposed on him by the retiree being a pastor of the Deeper Life Bible Church in Abolongo, Oyo town.
Justice Owolabi, therefore, sentenced the convict to seven years in prison with hard labor and without an option of a fine.
Earlier, the convict’s counsel, Ennis Olayinka, had pleaded with the court to be lenient in sentencing his client, saying he was a first offender and the breadwinner of his family.
The Counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Oyelakin Oyeyemi, urged the court to impose the sentence as contained in the section in which he was charged.
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https://thestreetjournal.org/pastor-bags-7-years-in-prison-over-n1m-fraud/
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/432335-pastor-bags-7-years-in-prison-for-fraud.html
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